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Esri Joins Smart Cities New York 2018 Conference

Esri Experts to Demonstrate How The Science of Where Will Be at the Heart of Smart City Tech

April 30, 2018

Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, will join this year's Smart Cities New York conference, to be held May 8–10. Experts from Esri will be on hand to discuss how the company's GIS technology is poised to be at the forefront of smart cities, a revolution in civic innovation.

Cities everywhere are implementing innovations like Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, artificial intelligence, and open data hubs to bring infrastructure, public services, and culture into location-based connected networks. This transformation is enabling governments and citizens to access information more easily and to build communities that respond directly to the needs of citizens accurately and in real time. With major cities like New York already embarking on pilot programs to integrate advances like autonomous vehicles, intelligent utilities, and 5G wireless networks, location intelligence will serve as a crucial tool for smart communities in the future.

WHO:

Christian Carlson, Head of State, Local, and Provincial Government, Esri

Dave LaShell, Senior Account Executive, Esri

Andrew Turner, Head of Research and Development in Washington, DC, Esri

WHAT:

The Science of Where: Run Cities Smarter Using Location Technology
May 8, 10:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m., at the CUSP Building
This workshop, led by Esri's Christian Carlson and Dave LaShell and featuring real-world examples, will demonstrate how cities can integrate technologies like real-time data analytics, interactive 3D maps, collaboration platforms, and spatially enabled machine learning techniques.

Does Bigger Data Mean Better Living?
May 9, 10:00 a.m., at Pier 36, Navy Yard
Esri's Andrew Turner will lead a panel discussion on the implications of the massive amounts of data that cities now and in the future will have access to, what governments and citizens can do with that data to create better communities, and how to foster more engagement with the public.